Tenmasa
喰処・飲処 てんまさ
A long-running izakaya three minutes on foot from Mito Station's north exit. It offers many natto dishes and monkfish hotpot year-round.
Founded in 1964 (Showa 39). The main shop is in the basement of the Sanyu Building, about a 3-minute walk from the north exit of Mito Station. It serves from lunch into the evening and is the most convenient place for visitors to try natto dishes. The natto gozen (about 1,880 yen) brings five natto dishes at once: shiso-fried natto, tuna and squid natto, plum and whitebait natto, natto omelet and natto soup. The Nebari Don (about 1,280 yen) tops rice with natto, grated yam, okra, slimy mushrooms, wakame and tuna. Miso-flavored monkfish hotpot is available all year and can be ordered one portion at a time, and it is very filling. A 2F branch nearby opens only in the evening, so go to the main shop for lunch. No fixed closing day.
Opening hours
11:00–21:30 (some websites list until 22:00); open daily
Nearby sights
- Mito Tōshō-gū
- Mito Castle Ruins
- Kōdōkan (Mito)
- Museum of Modern Art, Ibaraki
- Art Tower Mito
- Lake Senba
- Kairaku-en
- Tokiwa Shrine